{"id":51588,"date":"2024-03-21T01:49:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/government-and-industry-leaders-address-how-public-private-partnerships-can-bridge-the-digital-divide\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T01:49:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:49:27","slug":"government-and-industry-leaders-address-how-public-private-partnerships-can-bridge-the-digital-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/government-and-industry-leaders-address-how-public-private-partnerships-can-bridge-the-digital-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"Government and Industry Leaders Address How Public-Private Partnerships Can Bridge the Digital Divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to advances in wireless, fiber, and satellite technologies, many assume broadband access is ubiquitous. But that\u2019s far from the case, as recent global events like the pandemic demonstrated. <\/p>\n<p>Five industry leaders who took the stage at SATELLITE 2024\u2019s Tuesday afternoon session on public-private partnerships addressed lack of access and other challenges, while stressing the need to boost collaboration and connectivity. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fbCCyxIxQtSTKaex1fdh_VS_ShowDaily20202420Day20420DGTL-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fbCCyxIxQtSTKaex1fdh_VS_ShowDaily20202420Day20420DGTL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fbCCyxIxQtSTKaex1fdh_VS_ShowDaily20202420Day20420DGTL-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fbCCyxIxQtSTKaex1fdh_VS_ShowDaily20202420Day20420DGTL-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fbCCyxIxQtSTKaex1fdh_VS_ShowDaily20202420Day20420DGTL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2024 Day 4 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have 2.6 billion people around the world that aren\u2019t connected, and that can be because of access because of usability, or because of affordability,\u201d said Isabelle Mauro, director general of the Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA). \u201cOne of the things I wanted to highlight as needed during [World Radio Conference] 23 \u2026 the importance of international cooperation, of regulatory clarity, technology, innovation in shaping really the future of satellite communications.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the WRC\u2019s progress in creating a connectivity roadmap at its 2023 conference, ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin said there\u2019s more work to be done to bridge the digital divide and achieve universal connectivity by 2030. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the focus of this session is exactly where we need to focus, which is on partnerships and on collaboration,\u201d said Bogdan-Martin. \u201cPart of the challenge is an infrastructure challenge. It\u2019s getting to those hardest to connect and so that\u2019s where satellites have an incredible role to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c39e59fb33;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c39e59fb33 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c39e59fb34').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c39e59fb34'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One area where Bogdan-Martin says the ITU sees a lot of value in partnerships is in the early warning systems domain.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we have 50 percent of the world\u2019s population that are not covered by early warning systems,\u201d she said, adding that the ITU is partnering with UNICEF and others to bring satellite broadband to rural villages across the globe, and supports the UN Secretary General\u2019s \u2018Early Warnings for All\u2019 initiative. As part of the initiative, the United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres in 2022 called for a global effort to ensure that early warning systems protect everyone on Earth by 2027.  <\/p>\n<p> \u201cSatellite broadband brings tremendous opportunities\u201d to meet these goals, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Rosenworcel, chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), spoke at length about the United States\u2019 digital broadband gaps, which were made more apparent during the pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic year demonstrated that not everyone is connected,\u201d said Rosenworcel. \u201cWe were told to go home, hunker down and live life online. Yet we still had children caught in the homework gap \u2014 who couldn\u2019t get online preschool, and people who couldn\u2019t get online for work. We had folks who were unable to keep up with their healthcare appointments because telemedicine wasn\u2019t available to them, because they simply didn\u2019t have the bandwidth.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But while the U.S. legislature responded with billions of dollars to help support the construction of broadband in the United States to reach places that don\u2019t have that infrastructure, satellites are the key for reaching everyone, everywhere and anytime time, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many places in the United States \u2014 deep dark forests where those terrestrial networks will never go,\u201d said Rosenworcel. \u201cThere are so many mountaintops that are not accessible today [to] ground-based systems, and there are so many times we have climate challenges, storms, hurricanes and wildfires that reduce the effectiveness of terrestrial networks.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>To make it easier for satellite operators to work with wireless providers on joint solutions and services, the FCC recently built what Rosenworcel calls \u201cthe first framework for supplemental coverage from space.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to make it a lot easier for satellite operators to work with terrestrial wireless providers and jointly provide service,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c39e5a0647;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c39e5a0647 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c39e5a0648').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c39e5a0648'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>But in places like rural, sub-Saharan Africa, working with terrestrial providers and governments to invest in the right communications infrastructure is much harder, noted Kyle Whitehill, CEO of Avanti Communications. There are geopolitical obstacles, too, such as ensuring broadband grants get to the right destinations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 17 years I\u2019ve lived in India and Africa, living and working as a CEO in fixed mobile and satellite,\u201d said Whitehill. \u201cWhen I joined the satellite industry six years ago, I said if you want to connect the unconnected, the only people who can do that are the mobile carriers. They are the only people who have infrastructure in the country to deploy into non-urban and semi-urban environments. <\/p>\n<p>But the economics of building a tower don\u2019t work for most large mobile operators in a place like rural Nigeria don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the dilemma was \u2014 how are we going to incentivize mobile operators to deploy into rural villages where the economics don\u2019t work?  How am I going to motivate someone\u2019s investment in schools when no one is going to do that on a noncommercial basis? For me, the answer is quite simple: the mobile operators have to be forced to take seriously their universal obligation to make everybody have access to the network.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, while there are many funders internationally who want to connect schools, some do not trust African governments. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t trust Africa, because if you give $500 million to an African government you don\u2019t trust that they\u2019re going to use that to deploy some form of connectivity in education. The vast majority of our company\u2019s coverage is in Sub Saharan Africa [we are] tirelessly working every day with people like MTN Nigeria to meet the economics of that network work.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Eva Berneke, CEO of Eutelsat Group, stressed the potential of satellite technology to extend services and deliver high-speed broadband in underserved areas \u2013 and suggested that having a multi-orbit network could be the best route to expanding global connectivity. <\/p>\n<p>She said the Eutelsat is the only global operator to effectively combine a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Orbit (GEO) network.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cSometimes you have 5G and sometimes you have edge. Covering the globe is important for quite a lot of use cases,\u201d Berneke said. \u201cWe do that both for the coverage aspects, but also for the financing capacity, which we think is better served with multiple networks, just like you have been in telecom.\u201d <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 497:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mdRP1whoTquiafgwZokX_Z6C_4145-300x199.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mdRP1whoTquiafgwZokX_Z6C_4145-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mdRP1whoTquiafgwZokX_Z6C_4145-800x532.jpg 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